| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Cathal Tóibín | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||
| Born | 15 September 1911 Blackpool,Cork,Ireland | ||
| Died | 11 June 1993 (aged 82) Cork,Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Factory Worker | ||
| Club | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1929-1947 | Glen Rovers | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Blackpool, Cork titles | 7 Cork Winners Medals | ||
| Munster titles | Munster | ||
| Inter-county | |||
| Years | County | ||
1939-1942 | Cork | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
Charles (Charlie) Tobin (15 September 1911 – 11 June 1993) was anIrish sportsperson. He playedhurling with his local clubGlen Rovers and was a member of both theCork andDublin senior inter-county teams in the 1930s and 1940s.
Tobin joined theGlen Rovers senior team in1937 and won the first of five successivecounty senior championship titles that year. Renowned as a high goal-scoring forward, he claimed a further two winners' medals in1944 and1945. He still today (2024) has the highest scoring record of six goals and one point in the 1940 Cork County hurling final.
Having never played at inter-county underage or junior levels, Tobin was drafted onto the Cork senior team during the1940 Munster Championship. He was dropped from the team the following year before being reinstated in1942. Tobin claimed aMunster Championship medal that year before lining out at left corner-forward in theAll-Ireland final defeat ofDublin.[1][2]
Tobin, who was a soldier in theIrish Army and 37 years working in Sunbeam Wolsey Cork. He was married to Ellen (Nellie) Golden. They had two sons and five daughters, Mick, Pauline, David, Margaret, Eleanor, Anne and Amanda.
Charlie Tobin died aged 82 on 11 June 1993 in Cork City.